Public lecture: 'The health of sexual minorities: theory, realities and further thoughts'

  • DATE

    04 August 2016

  • TIME

    15:45 - 17:00

  • VENUE

    Auditorium, Level 3 (entrance level), Merensky 2 Library, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria

Prof Vasu Reddy, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, cordially invites you to a public lecture by internationally renowned visiting scholar, Prof Theo Sandfort.

In this lecture Prof Sandfort will draw on research conducted in numerous countries which has shown that same-sex sexual orientation is a risk factor for both mental and physical health.

The most productive way to understand these sexual orientation-related health disparities is offered by the sexual minority stress model, which explains why some persons belonging to a sexual minority are more affected than others.

A critical factor to understanding differences among sexual minorities is gender nonconformity, while resilience is another. The socio-ecological model and a life-course perspective offer additional understanding of sexual orientation-related health disparities. These theoretical approaches also help to understand why, worldwide, men who belong to sexual minorities are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.

 

Date:  Thursday, 4 August 2016

Time:  16:00–17:00 (guests are requested to arrive at 15:45.)

Venue:   Auditorium, Level 3 (entrance level), Merensky 2 Library, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria

GPS coordinates: S25° 45’ 21” E28° 13’ 51”

RSVP to [email protected] by 28 July 2016

Enquiries: [email protected] or 012 420 3297

 

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

Parking will be reserved on request.

Persons with disabilities are requested to contact Ms Nivi Ragubeer ([email protected]) should they require assistance.

 

About Prof Sandfort

Prof Sandfort is a research scientist at the HIV Centre for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University.

He is trained as a social psychologist and has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative social science research in sexuality and HIV. He has conducted research on sexual orientation and mental health, gender-role identity, gay and lesbian stigma and discrimination, and HIV risk in gay and bisexual men and the general population. He has edited several books, including Boldly queer: African perspectives on same-sex sexuality and gender diversity.

His scientific work has been honoured by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, which presented him with its John Money Award as a pioneering scholar of sexuality.

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